Safety clothesline installation



M. HORNSTEIN smm CLOTHESLINE INSTALLATION Filed Feb. 18, 1926 INVENTOR Mama HOE/15TH.

BY 3 ATTORNEY i Patented Jan, 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL HORNSTEIN, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEYQ SAFETY CLOTHE SLINE INSTALLATION.

Application filed February 18, 1826. Serial No. 89,083.

eliminate possible danger of accident during the clothes hanging operation.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the character described which may be adjusted to operate with pul leys at various angular positions with respect to the window opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device of thecharacterdescribed comprising few and simple parts, which is easy to operate, cheap to manufacture, and practical to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. i

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elementsand arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims. j

In the accompanying drawing, in which i is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the clothes-line extending device embodying the invention showing the device in position for hanging or removing clothes from the line;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 in Fig.

Figs. 3 and 4t are fragmentary plan views of the pivoted and free ends of the improved clothesline extending device;

Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevational and plan views of complete safety clothesline installations showing the improved device positioned outside the window opening.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 denotes an improved safety device embodying the invention for conveniently extending a clothes line 11 through a window opening 12 into a room whereby the clothes (not shown) may be easily and quickly hung or removed from said line in the well understood manner free from possible danger ;of accident. j

The device 10 is secured by any suitable means such as screws 13 to an exterior corner 12 of the window frame 12 having said opening 12 so that the device is positioned entirely outside to permit the closing of the window sashes 14 (see Figs. 5 and 6).

The clothes line 11 may have its far end portion 11 .loopcd over a pulley or sheave 15 of any suitable construction, said pulley being swivelly carried by a fixed support 16. The other or near end portion 11" of said line is passed over an intermediate pulley 1'7 mounted between sides 18 and 18 of a casing 18 of said device 10 and about a pulley or sheave 17 journaled adjacent the free end 19 of an arm 19 which is pivoted be-f tween the side of said casing.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a bolt 20 having a hook shaped head 20 has its shank 20 mounted to extend between the casing side 18 and 18*, said shank serving as a bearing for the pulley 1'7 and also as means for swingably mounting the pivoted end 19 of the arm 19.

The arm 19 may be of any suitable rigid construction and as here shown, is made of a channel member which forms the pivoted engagement with said bolt 20 by passing the shank 20 thereof through the side walls or flanges19 of said member. The middle portion 19 of said member is providedwith a slot 19 adjacent the pivoted end 19 for receiving the pulley 17 and retaining the latter in spaced alignment with respect to thecasing sides 18 and 18 Y From the above description and the drawing, it is clear that the arm'19 with the near portion 11 of the clothes line may be swung from an outside vertical. position shown in Fig. 5 and in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to extend horizontally through the window opening 1:2" into the room. To retain said arm in a horizontal or vertical position, a suitable latch 21 may be incorporated in said device 10. Said latch may comprise an arcuately shaped bar 23 which is pivoted at 24: to a lower part of the casing side 18. Said bar extends upwardly through slots 19 and 18 provided in the middle portion l9 of member 19 and upper horizontally disposed side 18 of said casing 18, respectively, and terminates in a finger piece 23 upstanding above said casing side 18. Notches 23" and 23 are provided in the bar 23 adjacent the pivot 24 and below the finger piece 23 respectively for in terloclring said bar with the rim edge 19 of the slot 19% when the arm 19 is in its vertically and horizontally swung positions,

respectively. Where the arm 19 is made with relatively thinwalls, a strip 25 may be provided for reinforcing the rim edge 19*.

As seen from Fig. 1 the latch bar 23 is she. ed and positioned to be-gravity actuatecl and is effective to automatically engage the arm 19 when the latterreaches ahorizontally or a vertically extending position. To positively prevent said bar from accidentally releasing the arm 19 after engaging therewith, a suitable detent 26 is provided. Said detent may bepivoted. as at 27 on the casing topside 18 so that it may be swung in and outvol an abutting position against the finger piece. 23 for preventing the disengagement and permitting the re lease,lsuccessively, of the latchbar 23 from thearm .19, as is clearly indicated in Fig. l in the full and dotted linepositions of said detent and finger piece. l a 1 The-operationof he device 10 will now be apparent VVith the arm 19 in the position shown in Fig. 5, ,the near end portion 11 of the line 11 is normally arranged to engage over the hook head otthe bolt 20 toftake. up, the, line slack. To hang or remove clothesfrom the line 11, the detent 26 is, moved to release thelatch bar 231 ,p The iii-111 19. thenlswung upwardly to extend into the window opening 12 11I1tll1llllGiLCllBS a horizontal, position, then the latch 23. auto inatically engages the arm for retaining it in. saidla tter position. :The detent 26may new be reset tofabut the latch to prevent the accidentalrelease of thevarm. The line portion 11" may now be lifted ofithehookhead QOYFandQthe line manipulated in the well known manner, A pulley 28 may be mounted on'fthelcasingl8-over and in alignment with the pulley 17 to aid in guiding. the clothesline 11 over said pulley. ,Sai'd pulley 28 also may serve as a guide means where tllQd ZLIYBDClLOfSHlCl line is mounted to either sideof the window opening or. above the level of saidflpull'ey 17, as will be readily understood. I I 1 ,After hanging or removing the clothes from theline 11, the line portion 11 is repIaeedin ;thehook head 20, the latch 23 released by pressing the finger piece 23 to disengage thelatch bar fromthe arm 19, the latter being allowed to swing to a vertical positiom'and the detent 26 again made elliective to retain the latch in its locked position.

Whereas device 10 may be subjected to severe service conditions, a supplementary reinforcing means maybe provided for bracing the arm and its latching mechanism from strainsduring the operation of hanging or removingclotlies fromthe line. Said bracing means maycomprise a rod 30 pivoted in any well understood manner to an inside support,such asthe window frame 12, said rod being provided with asuitable detachable means for engaging the end of the arm 19 when the latter is raised to a horizontal position. As shown here, said engaging means consists of an eye hook 31 provided on the end oi the rod 30 for receiving a bolt 32 which interlocks the free end 1,9 of the arm to said brace as is shown in Figs. 1 and a.

It frequently happens that the far end of the clothes line 11. cannot be supported directly opposite the window opening 12. In such cases the near end pulley 17 must be aligned with the far end pulley 15. To facilitate this alignment the device 10 pro; vided with a fitting 10 having a portion 41 secured to the window by said screw lh said portion being hinged at a l) to the casing side 18. A section extension all having an arcuate slot 41" extends from the portion 11, and a bolt 42 having a wing nut {13 is carried by a lug 44 projecting from the casing side 18 extends through and engages in said slot all" for retaining the devicelO in angular adjustment with respect to the window opcnin Thusthe device 10 with the near pulley 17 may be adjusted to conform with a far pulley supported at various angles relative to the Window opening 12 (seeFigs. and 4 i It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims might bermade of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodimentabove set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the character described, a casing, an arm pivotally mounted at one end in said casing, a piiilley journaled in the casing adapted to rotate about said pivotal mounting, a sheave supportedon the other end of said arm, said device being adapted to be mounted on the exterior side of a window, said aim being adapted to support a portion of a clothes line carried on the pulley and sheave for swinging said clothes line portion through the window, and a latch mounted on the casing engaging the arm for retaining same when swung through the window. a

2. In a device of the character described, a casing, an arm having a pivotal mountin at one end in said casing, a pulley journaled in the casing to rotate about said pivotal mountin a sheave supported on the other end of said arm, said devicebeing adapted t ll to be mounted on the exterior side of a win dow, said arm being adapted to support a portion of a clothes line carried on thepulley and sheave for swinging said clothes line portion through the window, and a latch bar pivoted at one end within the casing, the other end of said bar extending through the casing, said bar having a notched portion between said ends for engaging and retaining w the arm in said swung position through the at one end in said casing to swing in a.

vertical plane a pulley journaled in the casing to rotate about said plvotal mounting,

a sheave supported on the other end of said arm, said device being adapted to be mounted on the exterior side of a window, said arm being adapted to support a portion of a clothes line carried on the pulley and sheave for swinging said clothes line portion through the Window, and a latch bar pivoted at one end in the casing to swing Vertically, the other end oi said bar extending through the casing, said bar having notched portions between the ends for engaging and fixedly retaining the arm in a horizontal and in avertical position. v

in testimony whereof i affix my signature.

MICHAEL nonnsrnin. 

